free

Pronunciation: [fri:]

Average Rank: 412

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 自由的, 享受政治权力的, 允许的, 免费的, 丰富的 vt. 释放, 解放, 使自由 adv. 自由地, 免费

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. people who are free
  • v. grant freedom to; free from confinement
  • v. make (information) available for publication
  • v. free from obligations or duties
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past Participle: freed
Present Participle: freeing
Comparative: freer
Past: freed
3rd Person: frees

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#353

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.5% (Top 96.5% most frequent)
96.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#523

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 94.8% (Top 94.8% most frequent)
94.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#361

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.4% (Top 96.4% most frequent)
96.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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